Test 2 · ★★ · Digestion: the journey of a sandwich

In a cartoon a sandwich slides down a slide straight into an empty stomach and stays whole. Put it right.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: sandwich, you · What happens: slide, stay, put · To what, where: cartoon, sandwich

This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 67 «Digestion: the journey of a sandwich» of the biology course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

Sentence 1: In a cartoon a sandwich slides down a slide straight into an empty stomach and stays whole.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 cartoon	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cartoon	det
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 slides	obl
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 sandwich	det
5	sandwich	sandwich	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 slides	nsubj
6	slides	slide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	down	down	ADP	_	9 slide	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 slide	det
9	slide	slide	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 slides	obl
10	straight	straight	ADV	_	14 stomach	advmod
11	into	into	ADP	_	14 stomach	case
12	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 stomach	det
13	empty	empty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 stomach	amod
14	stomach	stomach	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 slides	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 stays	cc
16	stays	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 slides	conj
17	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 stays	xcomp
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 slides	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slide	present	a sandwich			a cartoon		down a slide; into a empty stomach	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme in cartoon=Source down slide=Trajectory into stomach=Destination
2	stay	present	a sandwich not said here					whole property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

Sentence 2: Put it right.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Put	obj
3	right	right	ADV	_	1 Put	advmod
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here	sandwich				right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Sandwiches really do reach the stomach whole and stay whole there until bedtime

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sandwiches	sandwich	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 reach	nsubj
2	really	really	ADV	_	4 reach	advmod
3	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 reach	aux
4	reach	reach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 stomach	det
6	stomach	stomach	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reach	obj
7	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reach	xcomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 stay	cc
9	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 reach	conj
10	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 stay	xcomp
11	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 stay	advmod
12	until	until	ADP	_	13 bedtime	case
13	bedtime	bedtime	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 stay	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reach	present · do-support	Sandwiches	the stomach				whole property	vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent stomach=Theme
2	stay	infinitive	Sandwiches not said here			there	until bedtime	whole property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It is chewed, mixed with saliva, pushed down by muscles and broken down by acid

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 chewed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 chewed	aux:pass
3	chewed	chew	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 mixed	punct
5	mixed	mix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 chewed	conj
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 saliva	case
7	saliva	saliva	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mixed	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 pushed	punct
9	pushed	push	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 chewed	conj
10	down	down	ADP	_	9 pushed	compound:prt
11	by	by	ADP	_	12 muscles	case
12	muscles	muscle	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 pushed	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 broken	cc
14	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 chewed	conj
15	down	down	ADP	_	14 broken	compound:prt
16	by	by	ADP	_	17 acid	case
17	acid	acid	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 broken	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	chew	present · passive	It		vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	mix	participle		with saliva	vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient with saliva=Co-Patient
3	push down	participle		by muscles	vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent by muscle=Trajectory
4	break down	participle		by acid	vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

Food goes to the lungs first and only then on to the stomach

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 goes	nsubj
2	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 lungs	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 lungs	det
5	lungs	lung	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 goes	obl
6	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	2 goes	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 on	cc
8	only	only	ADV	_	10 on	advmod
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 on	advmod
10	on	on	ADV	_	6 first	conj
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 stomach	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 stomach	det
13	stomach	stomach	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 goes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	present	Food			the lungs		to the stomach; first property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme to lung=Initial_Location to stomach=Destination

Option 4

The stomach has teeth of its own that chew the sandwich up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 stomach	det
2	stomach	stomach	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 has	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 own	case
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 own	nmod:poss
7	own	own	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 teeth	nmod
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 chew	nsubj
9	chew	chew	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 own	acl:relcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 sandwich	det
11	sandwich	sandwich	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 chew	obj
12	up	up	ADP	_	9 chew	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	the stomach	teeth of stomach's own					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Patient
2	chew up	present	stomach's own	the sandwich					vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sandwich=Patient

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